This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Community Can Europe Save the Iran Deal?
President Trump has put the Iran nuclear deal on life support by pulling out the U.S. and reapplying extensive sanctions. Should the deal be saved? Can it be — and if so, how? Almost all observers outside his political base — which seems to be the main target of the president’s action — agree the…
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Fast Forward Cohen Promised Novartis Access To White House After $1.2M Payment
Shortly after his longtime boss and client Donald Trump took office as president, Michael Cohen contacted health care company Novartis AG for a consulting job and promised access to the White House, ABC News reported Wednesday. Novartis paid him $1.2 million for that access, Eric Althoff, a spokesman for the company, told ABC. Althoff confirmed…
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Fast Forward Trump Decision On Iran Deal Coming Tuesday
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would announce his decision on whether and how to stay in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00 pm,” Trump said Monday afternoon on Twitter. Trump has signaled that he would like…
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Fast Forward President Donald Trump Proclaims May Jewish History Month
(JTA) — President Donald Trump proclaimed May Jewish Heritage Month. In his statement issued by the White House on Monday, Trump said that “Jewish Americans have helped guide the moral character of our Nation.” President George W. Bush first proclaimed May Jewish Heritage Month in 2006, and it has been proclaimed annually by the sitting president ever since….
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Fast Forward Was $228K Payment To Michael Cohen Tied To Stormy Daniels Hush Deal?
The Trump campaign may have violated campaign finance laws by spending nearly $228,000 in campaign funds to cover the legal expenses for President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, ABC News reported. Federal Election Commission records show three payments from the Trump campaign to a firm representing Cohen for “legal consulting,” ABC reported. It is illegal…
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Fast Forward ‘Unpredictable’ Trump Deserves Credit For Korea, Democratic Rep. Schiff Admits
A leading Democratic critic of President Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff, admitted on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that the president deserved “some credit” for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table. But Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, also said that it is likely that “things will go south.” Schiff predicted that…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Trump Speak By Phone About Threat From Iran
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump spoke by phone about the threat from Iran. The two leaders spoke on Saturday, according to a readout of the conversation released Sunday by the White House. They discussed the “threats and challenges facing the Middle East region, especially the problems posed by…
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Fast Forward Trump Warns Iran Not To Restart Nuclear Weapons Program
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump warned Iran not to restart its nuclear weapons program should Trump pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying the country would have “big problems” if it followed that course. Trump met Tuesday at the White House with President Emmanuel Macron of France and the deal was high on…
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